#238 – CONUNDRUM: GLOBAL WARMING – ELECTRIC DEMAND – GEARY SIKICH

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We hear so much about global warming, climate change and disruptive weather these days.  It is often difficult to understand what is fact, truth and valid from hype, hysteria, and hyperbole.  Should we all be driving electric cars, not eating as much meat, using wind and solar; redefining our lives?  Or, should we forget about it and continue doing what we have been doing since the early days of the industrial revolution?  Continue reading

#237 – SPEAKERS, SPONSORS, ATTENDEES BEWARE: UNETHICAL CONFERENCE OPERATORS – GEARY SIKICH

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I have been speaking at conferences and conducting workshops for many years. I have presented throughout the world and consider myself fortunate that I have generally had wonderful experiences engaging with attendees, organizers, sponsors, etc. However, as you will see in this article, one can run across a ‘bad apple’ and it may not initially present itself as a ‘bad apple’. My hope is to enlighten you a bit as you seek to find that speaking spot, sponsorship and attend a conference. Continue reading

#235 – BREXIT: THE UNINTENTIONAL EVOLUTION OF AN UNINTENDED ‘BLACK SWAN’ – GEARY SIKICH

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In the headlines today (11 March 2019) on Risk.net:

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#234 – ‘WHAT IS COLLATERAL RISK: AND WHY SHOULD I BE WORRIED ABOUT IT?’ – GEARY SIKICH

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Introduction

The Law Dictionary defines Collateral Risk as:

The RISK of loss arising from errors in the nature, quantity, pricing, or characteristics of COLLATERAL securing a transaction with CREDIT RISK. Institutions that actively accept and deliver collateral and are unable to manage the process accurately are susceptible to loss. A subcategory of PROCESS RISK. Continue reading

#232 – POTENTIAL ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF A PANDEMIC – GEARY SIKICH

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Introduction

Ever since the H1N1 outbreak in 2007 that was declared a pandemic by a reactive World Health Organization (WHO); WHO and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have been reluctant to move too quickly in declaring an outbreak, whether influenza, Ebola, Norovirus, Adenovirus, Mengla virus or any of the myriad of potential pandemic causing viruses a pandemic. Continue reading